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(ModeL) S.-R. COPELAND.

Hams-Tug.

No. 227,490. Patented May 11, 1880.

I WITNESSES: I I I I qv mTOR 0W I I Q v TTORNEYSQ UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

SAMUEL R. COPELAND, OF ARMSTRONG, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN A.LITTLER, AND CALVIN LAMB, OF SAME PLACE.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,490, dated May 11,1880.

Application filed March 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, SAMUEL RUDOLPH COPE- LAND,of Armstrong, in the county of Ver- 7 milion and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hame-Tugs,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a novel construction and combination, withthe trace or tug, of a metallic skeleton frame or keeper, provided withmeans for holding the trace securely in place and for adjusting it atpleasure to suit difi'erent animals.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my invention,and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken in the line 0000 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a metallic frame or box hav- 2o ing a solid back and askeleton face and sides.

It is of a width and depth sufficient to inclose the front portion ofthe trace B, and of a length sufficient to take in a number of thebuckleholes in said trace.

At the front end of the frame is a hook, a, for engagement with the hookor staple of the hame, and at the rear end is abuckle of peculiarconstruction. Between the hook at and the buckle the frame is intendedto be curved in such form as to avoid chafing of the side or shoulder ofthe animal by contact therewith.

The skeleton face or front of the frame comprises two transverse bars, 0a, connected by a longitudinal bar, cZ,-which three parts oo- 3 5 cupythe middle and front portion of the frame, and a plate, E, occupying therear portion. The three first-mentioned parts serve as a keeper for thefront end of the tug, and the last-mentioned part forms a portion of thebuckle, and 0 all four may be made in one piece with the sides and backof the frame A.

(ModeL) The plate E is inclined at such an angle that the space betweenits inner surface and that of the back of the frame is tapering fromfront to rear. In this tapering space works a wedgeshaped block, G,which has on its inner side a pin or stud, f, for engagement with 'thebuckle-holes b in the trace, and on its outer side a pin or projection,h, which works in a slot, 6, in the plate E.

The trace B works in the frame A, with the wedge G in the space beneaththe plate E. The stud f takes the place of a buckle-tongue, and theprojection h and slotted plate E perform the service of a buckle frameor loop. When it is desired to change the stud f from one hole, I), toanother the trace is pushed forward, carrying with it the wedge G, farenough to 'allow the stud to be disengaged from one hole and engagedwith another, and the trace is then moved back to the formerposition, as shown.

The projection h serves to guide the wedge and prevent it from becomingdisplaced.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent v 1. The skeleton-frame A, provided with the hook at,and having on its face the keeper-bars c d. c and buckle-plate E, asshown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. The plate E, having the slot 6, and the wedge G, having the pins orprojections f and h,in combination with the frame A, all adapted toengage with traceB, as shown and described, 75 for the purposespecified.

SAMUEL RUDOLPH COPELAND.

Witnesses:

J. E. P. BUTZ, F. W. PARRIsH.

